Sittin' in six lane backed up trafficHorns a honkin', I've about had it I'm lookin' for an exit signGotta get outta here, get it all off my mindThen like a memory from your grandpa's atticA song comes slippin' through the radio staticChangin' my mood, a little George Strait 1982

And it makes me wanna take a back roadMakes me wanna take the long way homePut a little gravel in my travelUnwind, unravel all night longMakes me wanna grab my honeyTear down some two lane country who knowsGet lost and get right with my soulMakes me wanna take, makes me wanna take a back road

I've been cooped up, tied down 'bout forgotten what a field looks like full of corn and cottonIf I'm gonna hit a traffic jamWell it better be a tractor manSo sick and tired of this interstate systemI need the curvin', windin', twistin' dusty path to nowhereWith the wind blowin' through my baby's hair

Yeah it makes me wanna take a back roadMakes me wanna take the long way homePut a little gravel in my travelUnwind, unravel all night longMakes me wanna grab my honeyTear down some two lane country who knowsGet lost and get right with my soulMakes me wanna take, makes me wanna take a back roadSome old back road

Maybe it's the feelin'Or maybe it's the freedomMaybe it's that shady spot Where we park the truck when things get hotGirl we park the truck when things get hot

And it makes me wanna take a back roadMakes me wanna take the long way homePut a little gravel in my travelUnwind, unravel all night longMakes me wanna grab you honeyTear down some two lane country who knowsGet lost and get right with my soulMakes me wanna take, makes me wanna take a back road

Some old back roadGet back with my soulAll I gotta do is take some old back roadTo the shady spot where things get hot girlWay down, way down, way down some old back road